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THE NEBRASKA INDEPENDENT. Apri. 14, 1898 EDITORS' IDEAS, What has In-come of John Sherman? We don't remember of having reiul of bin death, and still Day is secretary of wtate. Poor old John must have drop ped by the wayside and been unnotic ed in the excitement of the imt three months, lie wan only placed In the position he wbh in his old iitfe at the itiMtigiitioii of llannn, that he, mlpht take. hiM senatorial toga. Superior Hun. WAH TALK. One cause of delay in the Spanish trouldes is Ix-cause the. Insurance eom paiiieH of America hold alxiut $70,000, 000 of Spanish bonds. In case of war of course these ImhkIh will be practi cally worthlesH. Spain is llnanclally crippled at U-ni, and to carry on a war with any strong power for any length of time would be disast roiiNand it Is here, and in many other places, that the dollar slands above, liberty of lives of human beings. The influence and power of large, corporations and trusts, and other large aggregations of wealth must be curtailed or human liberty in general Is a farce, Minden (Null.) Courier. War is easy to talk about and eny to insist upon when somebody else hiwt got to do the fighting and pay the ex penses. It will be observed that those who are most loudly advocating war are of t he class who would not light if war should be entered upon, and as for the expenses, it would In the end, of course, fall upon the backs of jh'o ple who pay the burden of taxes-the masses-while those, who have done most of the talking iilmiit it would go scot, free. -St rang (Neb.) l!cM)rter, Spain lias gained a lap on the, Americans-the bishop of Madrid has order ed his subordinates to pray for the success of flic Spanish soldiers, Am ericans will attend to the praying bus iness after I'ncle Sam gels things on a war footing and the wants of the starving Cubans are attended to -lllair (Neb.) llepublican. Captain Sigsbee. is said to lie. mad "clear through" over the destruction of his ship. 1'ut him on anothcr.wlth instructions to collect the Indemnity lue on the first ship. Illrmingham (Ala.) Age-Herald. is usually the one st danu.g, and of-, whii'h rhx'S the most ten disables un enemy Jf we wait, un-, til the Spanish flotilla destroys our ships, war with Ssiin would last, sev eral years. Strike now, if at all. If the Spanish flotilla comes into Amerl-j can waters it will piny havoc with our ..1.! 1 ...... I. ir ..,,, iu I,,.' win niujm unit 11 iiiih'i j i ,r in evitable the. I'liited States should at once seize, Cuba, otherwise it will le u .year or two before it can ! captured. Silver Knight Watchman. THIS 1XCOMIC TAX IIAUUi:i). As the war question Increases in gravity the question of revenue press es more and more. Already Dingley nd his fellow tariff taxers are figur ing on tightening the screws upon the masses for the purjose of squeezing from them more money. Under the condition of war the masses will cheerfully consent to nl most any de- gree or taxation for the supisirt or j the government, but, if It had not, been for the criminal stupidity and sub-, scrviency of the republican party s j of rVll 1 1 with the question of war. Cn.ier pres- ,,.,. tr, in,, ri.'i. mn.r.K.fi.H ui.o ei.n. trol the republican party and through it certain functions of government, the income tax was dee In red unconsti tutional, and the very measure that the republican jsirty gave to the coun try to carry it through one war has been by that party at the Is-hest of the millioaire classes declared iiiirnii- Ill, lllllliviiiM i innni n 11111111,11 iiii..i- .,itti,.,,i I,, ti, f n r win, ! Spain it will is' inixsMlile to levy a ta on the incomes of the rich, and the result willl be the same as of old those least, aide to Iwnr the burdens of tiivation will be forced to bear it. while those best able to bear it will, to all intent and purpose, go free. I!y otic of those M-cti I in I- mental freaks whieh have bullied students of the mind and its actions, and through those peculiar intluci s that are for ever operating against the good of the people i supreme judge reversed him self on the income tax question. The Interests which fought so bitterly against Is-ing forced to bear their just burdens of taxation are the same In terests that are today demanding peaee at any price, even I lie price of national honor. They are the inter ests thnl put storks anil bonds alsixe truth and Justice and cent per cent jilioxo humanity. World-Herald. When I i real Itriiiim i U '"money for war purMises It emise lo Is- sold what are known as exeheriiut'i' hilW, or ill oilier NMUiln, IreiiMlin notes, e eeiuible for luxes and public dues, itml so redeemable. These lillU are iiul.V Issued as I lie money is ui i ili d, so limn et is only taken out of eireuhit inn by lite gtn in mi- ii t to he at ouee pill baek ii i.i i ii , and so the hiiiicmI of t,ii iIih'h not eitiise it wiislefiil liH'klug up nf iimiiey for these e si Ini ijiu r bills pl'iitlde I he liiemis of put llli'lil , In ills. of wnr willl Spitin the t lilted M. lien sliuiil.l liiiike a le Usui of lrei-libiiekH iiisleml uf iiiiii; Ism, Is I his Miii y is Ilie one Unit until I in i reuse the s I ri.,il.t of i ,iin in t uiul leiiew Ilie iiiiniiiervbil lite nf Ibis iiiiiiilrt. New lilt Mil lid, i -I j - - I iia iu: jituium.v .ki ti.s .t.. Sit la IIihh' fir.tpitrill,, and it u rt , ear b ivia II troi nam trv-, i mhrt I i ih On Trtu lit. si. I Pun tUc a'l lir.l Ntrv Tunic, t m III M I'll I ar .v l.i talis, . In n ml, tutu luditfvalKiM, l,di.iu mm. S.V I be Kutiiif Xiltitt itle I.IH,,'. i.iil IK r li.unr t.f M I . Itmt tit l.ilt of II. llr. ..in It for f utwi iiitlnl iitl h,t.i- and It. h l.utl. r ).olt f.toia Hmt U t'ntl.lrr nf iHiui n.iuilt t. Irl'a (tfit Itvelbtf itiul It ittuiitev and -U . I il.iii J II tMiMlitntPU til laiun.lrr. I'Ctrf slxit lt.li I WhrH bili..u tr rt-allta t Ca- fl randy t thailii', rut inarMitrwl, v. I -s I It I It . CHAMP CURK'S LETTER Democratic Congressmen Deprived of Rights. PAETISANSHIP EUNS RIOT. The Speaker's Steady and Sys tematic Aggressions. WHEN THE TABLES ABE KEVEESED Then the Krpubllcane Majr Urt an Un palatable Dims of Tlielr Own Mmlluln. Secretary Gage Knaiit tlia Hole of tli Administration' Old Alan of the Hv, Greatly to the KdlUoatlon of Ilia Advur arl IHpcclal Washington Letter, "One by 0110 tho roues full" are words familiar to tho can of tneu. "(J110 by ouo the inuinbi'rs of tuu liousu of ropru eututivi'H lira being deprived of their constitutional rigliU" uro words which I wish 1 could hum into the brain i f every American citizen, for It in a I j 11 1 ( fnl, u furnachiiig, an ominous, it revo lutionary fmt a fact which nodus i,i;ly evil to the republic; Things tr.ugrehHiniml liiiMen to n climax Hccently 1 told liow Spei.l.ei Keed refund to make a count on . r Iialley's deuuind and how bo n fumi m entertain i Wiley's appeal 'll,;tt win bad enougli 1 tin 11 thought il.nl lli" Worst pohNililu thil'H iu the pulley et Bupprcci'lon hi"l hecn donn, Dm ultima tbulo of parluinentary luillilu'.tiig l o t been readied; hut 1 wus mutaken, ii the S(!(juel will show lie it temi nihi red that the coiihtittitioii tt.ukcn the on euro of a quorum u hint) qua 11011 to all legislation, properly so, as I think That is ouu of its wisest rovlcloiis u afeguards agaiiiHt hasty, impropi r 'ind dishoiieht legiNlatinu. They dechired furthermore that not IcxHtbiiu aiiiajori- t f uW l)JUI1J(,rN UlUi, cniislituto a ' ,,.,.., i ,0,. ,,u,. " " " " """ tntiou, Is that tint a wholesome ruler l press that question homo upon tho mind and conscience of every citizen of tbe republic. It concerns a Republican un much as It doen a Democrat, for every citizen bun un equal stake in tho integ rity of legislation lu the perpetuity of our representative form of government, Itcputlictins cunnot afford to in dor no in fractions of constitutional method on principle. Wuiving all question of principle, however, they rnnnot afford to indorse such performance us a mutter of policy, becanso the Kepublicaim havo no per petual Jouso mi power. "Evil inventions onio time return to plague the invent ors." ilark Twain miyn, "Wo all have a great deux of human nature in un, BUj onw ,,f tno multitudinous danger! crowl,lff out of these outrages Is that . . t . tb i.fJUHe g ...Ml K..-..U A furia WIU temptation to invoke the lex talioiils may prove too stroiia to bo resisted. I hope this may not be ho, but Khali not be Hurprincd if it is. 13yron, after nam ing everything sweet in nature, suyi, "Sweet is revenge," uud somebody elso declares that "tho whirligig of time , brings it own revenges." I commend id ewe sayings to xtepumicun cnmuMiuKC , . wlo crow ever these gross out ragei sun piy ueeuuHo iney uro commiticu. uy xto publican bosses on the Democratic, 1'op oliiitio und free silver minority. To state tho sumo idea in a still mora homely proverb, tlieno Republican shouters, who, intoxicated with power, uro cheer ing on thoso who uro trumpliug under foot the safeguards which tho constitu tion has provided for honest and intelli- geut legislation, should never forget that sometimes "thickens come homo to roost." Wliat the I.luiltf If less than a quorum is to do busl nctm in pulpuhlo violation of tho consti tution, where uro wo to stop? How muuy or how few nicmU m shall bo per mitted to truiihuet bumnem for 75, 000. 000 people uud veto uuny their luoneyf Wliu knows' (inly one man, the speak er, or his totuporary "tilmtitute, elccted by billon If lho Mverugo voter would do well lo coiixidi r this qtiottiu m il- ' ously, (attlully, patriotically even prayerfully j To uiidi rtnnd jt rfeetly theoutrnge to which 1 will refer prtMiitly it iuut be remembered thai there ar four way t f voting lii Hut house, incnuKiug lit an curm y f rcntill tn arithmetlenl (rogre ' un ii I, viva viK'ii, 8, rining volo; 8. by teller; 4, yet ami imy vote I Tito an iirm y f the tir.t tb p. ml mi tho In in.lv kii'l m tit. n f hiariiig of the oct u i n 1 1 the ili.ur.i f the ud, on in ihrui. nf vUloti ami In bounty ,M i ui lli Nieutaey t f th r ull i y It l! t r en in)' call Hit t, cm ,4nly lt a l ult, tii uhtily wlmi tho rio I y r 11 tall l m ,i iiul.tinl ami viiii td liitttcurnty in ih, tli.t two I lut In to e ur 1 1 u win n roitilu-ti I y ihu iuit In to .1 luao tliitl trru id.. I Vi llus Ivt. II.m a .1. l-t a a r) 1 1 y t f i itrinii in., ui. i uud r Venting dl.lii liv.ly In 0 e.. Mill, lm vi iti I y i lb i rait l Ukm in H lulu ", W aih lli lull itlt e li.uln. li in 8 V 1 1 4.1 loi'iui. n..tu.ni' i... U j f I . l, .i ii,,h frvqui'titl . la ii.iixi i, ullH iitUi 1 1 i rd lliaa (. f auMtittt tlwi. ItwHlilly It it J-mit Hti. , ft tkf tiian i t Nw Yell m iaidiii lMlflll4Ht l ttb.il u.u IU I mm auiiatU v utlvii.a i f awaat f ftIU' ant ) tmAt IU U m It. tu iia tattfujiiiiUi in, I vt a itrih' $ aurf li (tide an iiu, Iwt, waiU ktttiL iMitl aw4 liHirtyiut U km laWlaawl IU tfil t4al In ir- ' lUmatarf aUWy, aka if MU4 will enable a dishonest man in tut chair to perpetrate all sorts of jobs and teals. I do not believe that Sherman could be induced to make a false count, but if bis ruling is followed that is pre cisely what some scoundrel in the chair will do. Sherman's intentions may be good, but we are told that "hull Is paved with good intentions, " and stu-, dents of history know only too well that some of the greatest calamities which have aflllctod the world or re tarded the process of freed government have been brought ubout by the ill ad vised action of men whose integrity was above question. Tho demand for tellers is made not only tn give greuter accuracy to the count, but ulso to anuertuiu whether a quorum is present. A Hauil Outraga. On Friday, March 35, 1808, on a vivu voce vote ou un amendment, Bhormau declared "the noes appear to have it," whereupon both lluiley and llartmau demanded a "division, " which means a count on a rising vote- result yeas, 1(1 ; nays, 0(1. Murk you, only H'i mem bers were present uncording to Hher imtu's owu count, while 100 are roquir d under the rule to constitute a quorum of tlio committee, liuiley demanded tellers and in so doing wus acting in strict conformity with the precedents of 109 years. Mr. i'ayne of New York raised the, point of order that the do mand for tellers was dilatory and made for the purpose of delay, and, marvelous to tell, Sherman sustained tho point of order and refused tellers refused the tirlvileuo of usoiirtuin'ng If his oouut was correct and if a quorum was pres out thereby driving one more nail into the coltin of congressional free speech and thereby making a precedent which may open the gates of the treasury wide for public plunderers and may expedite tyrannous legislation. liuiley apneuled from the decision of tho cliuir, as he hud a perfect right to do, Again I'ayne Interposed the point of order that the appeal wus dilatory, Sherman sustained the point and refused to allow the uppeul, and tho committee proceeded to business ill flagrant viola tlon of the rules of tho house without a quorum being present, for Id plus (JO do not make 100, unless Sherman over threw ull the rules of arithmetic as well as all parliamentary precedents, Hut, then, tint Republicans never havo paid any respect to the principles of arith metio when they stood in the wuy of accomplishing a party purpose. It avails nothing to say that all those tiroceedinus were had about a small mutter, therefore are inconsequential. If they cuu ho had about a small matter, they can be hud ubout a large one. Nor will it do to say thut Builoy's motions were dilutory, for that leads inovitubly to this conclusion that no difference what motion or demand is biade, no mutter how grave, Importunt or furrouciiiiig it may be, tho occupant of the chair can shunt it out of tho way by the simple plan, the easy plan, of de claring it to be dilatory. That would be an cud of all parliamentary proceed lugs, for the house would then be com pletely squelched and the presiding offi cer would be "the whole thing." My Republican taxpaying friend, how do you like it? In your exaltation at seeing Democrats, Populists and Silver Republicans sat upon are yon willing to nave all the safeguards of the integ rity of legislation torn down, the doors of the treasury thrown wide open to thioves and the priceless boon of free speech taken from American representa tives? If you do like it, you are a big ger fool than Thompson's colt, which swam the Mississippi river to get a drink. Have you and your children no interest iu having measures debuted un til they are understood by the members? If you huve, you hud better help elect a congress of Democruts, who always per mit ample debate and who obey tho constitution and tho rules of tho house. It has taken muny words to statu this matter fully, but if they uro u so puMio thought to what is going on here they will not havo been written iu vain. If Mr. Sherman, iusteud of being un bonest man, were tho most conscience less corruptiuuist iu the hind, if instead of being u patriot according to his lights, which are sometimes lamentably dim and flickering, he wero an embryo Ciesur or Napoleon, he could not have done a worse day's work for free gov ernment ami purity in legislation. An Aiiruirlat :iltaih. When thu Itepublicuu party is laid iu its grave us it will be in IU00 this should be its epitaph : "Its days were many and full of evil." Miml persons have read the weird story if "Sindlad the Sailor. " Itisbe ing re enacted in this country now on a huge ealii with tho Hi ,ul liniu party til the title role uud I.yniiilt J. (Inge playing thu part of tho Old Mini of tho r-e Mlidbad filially dumped hia un rel ies rider aifd killed hllll. Whether III s if.itumliee will t duplicated by thu lilsgUMi'il ICl'l ulliettu can tt Ml this iiiuiut nt only a matter of emijet lura. It lia Impti I hey will U'l Ulig life lo l.ymall. providisl ha Will In, Id nil In th M lUmiitittsI They link like wild broiii h. a, bill lia a iar Iu havo a firm tMl im hia tfttiitu s Intk and I riding tl furuuuly Miiu Ilia Uiiintiilens at . ". me f n in a van. lid In. n I" U ay ilia win. h has mh tiiki a mtrb. ,y Hutu s tatidnf Is UI t nly by bl rifolitui am hi it.aiila l f ie liifyliirf IU I in I sit ctalnf at liiultia waa, I nl. Ilka Matk Aul. i.y, I "a Uin, Hunt luail fan na bi" tliw ty, and Hint i p- ily why t,a Is a lillii'K tvi hi lit luddliitf It. i f tun by ltf tit lean mi.-iiiiii V In u n ill-. Ui m U f,.a Ilia evUtiutitta ui t ali kind and tuinn. y Itutl Ida 1 1 lt.. td jM t i f at I 111 "is l kit la Ih.rf.iUKlily tUt lull Itt ft' hi tUu lanl In Ibis e. unity," ku.tJ tilt Ml..f Ilikllta'S uttllrtiMi kii.Ur inaity a li.ullK air wik WiiK ihw MtiUii u wt id rtngli'al tH Hi ll rar. dlvt HMUlita suitsiuM wiia M biiii kvN saw laair aval In Ik itiy IM -rvM fit liuuciUi l.y wtax ltiiwuh Klui Iifv4 as a tl!rviir tjt a lua.&vula if MUkwi gressmen can be em braced in that term. There are probably not a million gold mouometallists in America. To place them at a million is to overstate their strength. There are not half that many silver mouometallists. Nearly all the Republicans in tho house were elected as bimetallism. They oould not have been elected ns anything else. They vo ciferously clulmod thut they wero the genuine blmetallists and that we were silver mnnometullists, thereby scaring the timid, deceiving tho stupid uud se curing seats in congress by false pre tensus. They uro meditating a repetition of the performance, but Lyman has blocked their game by his bold declara tion that bis bill "is intended to more thoroughly establish the gold standard in this oountry." If they do not drive him out of the cabinet when they un dertake to talk, bimetallism this full, they will be guyod off the stump uud buried under uu avulunuhu of ballots, If not a thing of beauty, ho is a joy forever to the Democrats murk you, not to the Republicans. Job excluimed, "Oh, thut mine enemy would writo a book I" If tho man of Uzwere living in this country today and were a Demo crat, ceuteiupluting Lyman, he would realize thut his wish is being partially gratified; for, while thut illustrious financier has written no buok, be is for ever mukiug speeches. To Dinnoernts in tho house, where there are all sorts of limits on free speech, the secretary of treasury is as refreshing as a shower iu an August drought. When in the dumps, by being outvoted steadily by a beastly Rypubllcan majority, a new speech by McKliiley's chancellor of the exchequer starts hope to singing iu our beurts, for we uro always absolutely cer tain that whenever ho opens his mouth he will put hi fort in it. Lyman Is stuck greatly on his tulking apparatus, Iu the beuutiful words of the poet: llu Inviw liU nutiiimttle muulU, lie love II fluent tin, llu love It Sillily Kuril!, Jin loviw lo wind Ill inuiith up, llu luve to lieiir It go. Mka tlia Old Woman. When I was u boy iu tho hill oountry of Kentucky, I knew an old womnu who thus described another loquacious woman: "Her tongue is tied iu thu middle uud loose at both ends." Ho with Lyman's lingual member it goes "likoa bell clapper," and every time it claps it sounds the deuthkuell of a Republican representative or two; but bis Jabber is sweet musio to Dumourutlo ears. One of his latest performances is ex ploited in Fuck by a cartoon iu which tho great renegade free trader is repre sented as delivering a speech to an audi ence composed of free silver senators and representatives holding in his hand a roll of paper ou which are printed these words: "Hud there been a uni form bunking system specie payments would have boon maintained und bun dreds of millions lost through deurecia tlon of government notes would huve been saved to tho people," The legend beneath this picture glorifying Lyman runs in this wise, "Casting pearls be fore silver! tes," which is an adupta tlon of tho Scriptural phrase, "Casting pearls before swine." Evidently I'uck deemed that a piece of withering sar casm. As a matter of fact, it is a sacri lege in compurlng this plutocrat to tho 8a v lour of mankind and an insult to 7,000,000 voters in virtually calling them "swino. " It was furfetchod, for Lyman does not make speeches to "sil ver! tos," for tho all sufficient reason thut they would not listen to him be canso they regard him us a renegade, a turncoat, a traitor. Moreover, he has no "pearls" of speech to cast before anybody. His talk is only "a sounding bruss and a tinkling cymbal, "and the "swine" before which it is "cast" are the goldhugs. If I'uck thinks tbo plutocrats wanted "a uniform banking system" so that "specie payments would have been maintained, " he is budly off his box. Tho luck of a "uniform banking sys tem" was thu very thing that enabled them to pile up abnormal fortunes dur ing tho civil wur by gambling in the honor of the nation and in the bhxsl and lives of the nation's brave defenders. "Tho depreciation of government notes" was tiio foundation of their ill gotten wealth. No such impudence has been seeu among men since the devil offered tho Saviour tho dominion of tho world to not a foot of which did ho own even a tax title to fall down ami worship him us is exhibited by goldhugs when tiny prate about "upholding thu na tion's honor. " Tho happiest day they ever saw was when the gleam of old Julml Marly' bayonet oould bo seen from tho dome of tho capitol. No Con federal" prayed with such fervency for a victory for U o uidld a holder of gold; b,r If Ue won gold went up, if (Irani triuinphisl gold wiit down. They am ntirlol when patriotism is irotitittila and not one minute longer, f Lyman ever "eat" such "pearls" before that particular u of "swiii," mum kind Irit iid nuuhl to make appli cation lo ilia rol aia court for a "wril iU lunaiico luquiri ndo, " ami havo liuu tetniliiisi f nun making any iimr p i In a Otniuiy a ii"W l u.iiu n f rl.yiiinu In lho I ifiy third cnugr time wa an til thaii who iii.tdu at lel !" 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NEBRASKA HAY CO, WHOLESALE - - OMAHA, NEB Line to CONNECTIONS f . ini wtitviuvv.ivn S SEATTLE notACOMA wmtAUMrAMsnip lines rou KLONDIKE. LINCOLN, NEB. CATHARIIC DRUGGISTS snr cm of rontlptloa. tsaearets are (he Ideal Lasa4 rrlp or srlp.hal raa ear atrl mdts. Sm-A t 1 ninso. sminu, i .e., orn.w inrs. sil.f TURKISH TAR3Y cad PENNYROYAL PILLS SwaWktSMii. tflfeUOr. I osusM.waf NAHM'S stMARalAOVi when writing to i.ur advertiser. t PHILLIP MATTER, Proprletor.O a a a .Hi. ' New Lincoln ggb: 1 " Best on Earth i jJ ei losor. Soli a Mirtt. CuiristttJi fooJ liltr snj ttoaoli.l of Istl; All llt III Silts, Smm .taiai tW. ie) e IBwtt eu.i 1 " . ihi iw eul . ,. It 1 l ilm a.lta la ae aa4 . Ma h ( key h iu eUCKST.IFfJROS.KfG. CO. Lincoln, Neb., (!u:rs. filroslis ions IsJaitrv. Stisliirsr NlrtsU., j 4